Feb 28, 2019 - Western Kentucky at UAB - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

2/28/2019 UAB v. Western Kentucky Game Preview

	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	(17-12, 7-9 away)
	UAB Blazers	(17-12, 10-7 home)

February 28, 2019 at 7:30 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Bartow Arena
Birmingham, Alabama

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2018-2019 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Western Kentucky	34	40.6	71.4	25.1	56.2	.447	5.9	17.9	.327	15.4	21.3	.724	9.5	26.2	35.8	12.3	6.9	5.1	13.7	15.5
UAB	35	40.3	70.6	25.9	57.2	.452	6.7	19.8	.337	12.1	18.0	.674	10.1	25.5	35.6	11.5	6.2	2.3	11.4	16.5
WKU Opponents	34	40.6	69.3	25.1	60.0	.419	8.4	24.5	.345	10.5	15.4	.686	9.5	23.4	32.9	13.1	5.9	3.7	12.9	18.1
UAB Opponents	35	40.3	67.7	23.2	56.0	.414	8.5	24.9	.340	12.9	17.6	.732	8.7	23.3	31.9	12.7	5.1	3.1	12.4	16.1

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Feb 16, 2019	UAB	Western Kentucky	68 - 60	UAB	Conference Regular Season	E. A. Diddle Arena
Mar 8, 2018	UAB	Western Kentucky	70 - 98	Western Kentucky	Conference Tournament	Ford Center at The Star
Mar 3, 2018	Western Kentucky	UAB	73 - 101	UAB	Conference Regular Season	Bartow Arena
Jan 18, 2018	UAB	Western Kentucky	69 - 77	Western Kentucky	Conference Regular Season	E. A. Diddle Arena
Feb 19, 2017	UAB	Western Kentucky	64 - 76	Western Kentucky	Conference Regular Season	E. A. Diddle Arena
Jan 12, 2017	Western Kentucky	UAB	54 - 72	UAB	Conference Regular Season	Bartow Arena
Mar 10, 2016	Western Kentucky	UAB	88 - 77	Western Kentucky	Conference Tournament	Legacy Arena
Feb 27, 2016	Western Kentucky	UAB	67 - 71	UAB	Conference Regular Season	Bartow Arena
Jan 28, 2016	UAB	Western Kentucky	62 - 69	Western Kentucky	Conference Regular Season	E. A. Diddle Arena
Mar 12, 2015	Western Kentucky	UAB	52 - 53	UAB	Conference Tournament	Legacy Arena
Feb 19, 2015	Western Kentucky	UAB	66 - 71	UAB	Conference Regular Season	Bartow Arena
Nov 28, 2006	UAB	Western Kentucky	54 - 69	Western Kentucky	Non-Conference Regular Season	E. A. Diddle Arena
Nov 29, 2005	Western Kentucky	UAB	92 - 76	Western Kentucky	Non-Conference Regular Season	Bartow Arena

2018-2019 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	T. Hollingsworth	L. Bearden	J. Savage	J. Anderson	C. Bassey
Lim PT	J. Ohmer	D. Murray		M. Nelson	M. Diagne
Lim PT	D. Banton			T. Smith	M. Horton
Lim PT	J. Gambrell, Jr.

2018-2019 UAB Blazers Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	A. McCoy	J. Bell	J. Perry	L. Sullivan	M. Gueye
Rotation	Z. Bryant	T. Lovan
Rotation		T. Scott-Grayson
Lim PT	J. Sippial	W. Bathurst	N. Bertain		T. Pearson
Lim PT		L. Hurtado, Jr.			W. Butler

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
4	Josh Anderson	SF	34	29.9	12.1	4.5	9.5	.472	0.4	1.5	.288	2.7	3.9	.710	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.7	1.7	0.7	2.2	2.7
20	Dalano Banton	PG	31	15.1	3.4	1.3	3.1	.402	0.3	1.2	.216	0.6	1.1	.559	0.5	2.5	3.0	2.1	0.5	0.5	1.7	0.9
23	Charles Bassey	PF	34	31.4	14.6	5.5	8.8	.627	0.3	0.6	.450	3.2	4.2	.769	2.9	7.1	10.0	0.7	0.8	2.4	2.9	2.6
1	Lamonte Bearden	G	23	29.0	9.2	3.0	7.1	.417	0.7	1.9	.386	2.6	3.7	.694	0.7	1.7	2.4	4.5	1.3	0.3	1.6	1.6
12	Moustapha Diagne	C	13	7.4	0.4	0.2	1.3	.118	0.1	0.8	.091	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.6
10	Jeremiah Gambrell, Jr.	PG	4	5.8	0.8	0.2	1.5	.167	0.2	1.5	.167	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5
11	Taveion Hollingsworth	PG	34	36.8	14.4	5.1	12.3	.418	1.4	4.5	.318	2.7	3.5	.771	1.0	3.4	4.4	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.1	1.4
14	Matthew Horton	F	10	4.1	1.1	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.2	.417	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.2
13	DeSean Murray	F	8	20.4	9.5	3.1	7.1	.439	0.4	0.9	.429	2.9	3.8	.767	2.1	2.4	4.5	1.6	0.8	0.4	1.2	2.2
14	Marek Nelson	GF	18	13.7	2.7	0.9	2.4	.364	0.2	0.4	.375	0.7	1.1	.650	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.7
21	Jake Ohmer	G	28	10.9	1.6	0.5	2.2	.246	0.5	1.7	.277	0.1	0.1	.667	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.9
2	Jared Savage	GF	34	35.7	12.2	3.7	10.3	.364	2.4	6.5	.360	2.4	2.9	.818	0.5	4.3	4.8	1.2	1.0	0.4	1.3	2.5
00	Tolu Smith	F	34	10.1	3.3	1.2	2.1	.583	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.4	.571	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.0	1.5

UAB Blazers Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
34	Jude Akabueze	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
25	Wil Bathurst	GF	11	4.5	0.6	0.2	0.5	.333	0.1	0.2	.500	0.2	0.5	.400	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.5
2	Jeremiah Bell	G	35	26.0	7.7	2.7	6.9	.394	1.3	3.7	.336	1.0	1.5	.667	0.3	2.1	2.4	1.9	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.6
32	Nolan Bertain	SF	7	3.0	0.9	0.3	0.6	.500	0.3	0.6	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3
1	Zack Bryant	PG	34	33.4	14.9	5.3	12.2	.435	1.4	4.5	.320	2.8	4.1	.681	0.5	3.0	3.5	3.9	1.8	0.4	2.3	2.3
12	Will Butler	F	17	22.0	6.6	2.8	4.6	.595	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.8	.613	1.9	3.8	5.7	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.9	2.6
5	Makhtar Gueye	C	35	26.9	8.3	3.1	6.9	.455	0.5	1.9	.258	1.5	2.0	.743	2.3	4.3	6.7	0.8	0.5	0.7	1.5	2.5
10	Luis Hurtado, Jr.	SG	6	2.8	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.7
3	Tavin Lovan	SG	33	20.7	7.1	2.8	5.2	.532	0.1	0.4	.333	1.4	2.2	.635	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.8	0.8	0.2	1.2	1.6
4	Anderson McCoy	G	23	5.5	0.7	0.2	0.5	.364	0.1	0.4	.333	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7
2	Tamell Pearson	C	32	6.7	0.8	0.3	1.1	.265	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.3	.600	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.2
21	Jalen Perry	GF	35	29.8	11.1	3.9	9.5	.408	1.9	5.1	.365	1.5	2.6	.600	0.6	3.4	4.0	1.5	0.8	0.0	1.3	1.4
0	Tyreek Scott-Grayson	G	34	17.2	5.4	1.8	4.5	.405	0.7	2.1	.338	1.0	1.3	.773	0.5	1.9	2.4	1.1	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.5
15	Joshua Sippial	G	3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
23	Lewis Sullivan	F	35	27.1	12.3	4.7	8.9	.531	0.7	1.9	.385	2.2	3.1	.697	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.0	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.6

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